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Epworth Town Councillor Victoria Pattison said: “We have tried to make Kings Head Croft a nice place to be but you feel like you’ve wasted public money when you spend it on things that then get destroyed.

“We had a picnic bench burnt to the ground a few weeks back and now this.

“I think the people doing this are mindless and bored and don’t seem to understand it is their own or their parent’s money they are wasting if they pay council tax.”

Mrs Pattison, of West End Road, added that she thought the vandals “know they can get away with it.” because Humberside Police have “no presence” in the Isle of Axholme.

“It is very frustrating,” she said. “The general feeling is that the police have no presence in the Isle of Axholme.

“People are really angry and want to know what is going on.

“Epworth Town Council can’t do anything – we are powerless.”

She added that the Epworth Town councillors could not even look at CCTV footage of Kings Head Croft and may only take action by sending letters to North Lincolnshire Council.

She said: “There is nothing we are legally allowed to do.

“The vandals know they can get away with it because nobody is there.

“The police are the only ones with any power and they don’t seem to give a monkey’s.

“A police officer was invited to take part in one of the council meetings and she didn’t show up.”

Axholme Community police officer Jane Proud said: “We have had a number of reports of criminal damage in Epworth, ranging from minor damage to a wall being demolished.